Washing-machine



(No Model.)

A. A. OASLER.

WASHING MACHINE. No. 466,002. Pateglted Dec. 29,

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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,002, dated December29, 1891.

Application filed July 8, 1891. Serial No. 398,736- (No model.) I

To wZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALONZO ABRAM CAS- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Otto, in the county of Oattaraugus, New York, haveinvented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of oscillating washing-machines and to increase theirefficiency, and to enable dirt and stains to be entirely removed fromclothes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side eleva tion of a washing-machineembodying'the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged central verticallongitudinal sectional view of the body with the supporting-standardsremoved. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on line X X ofFig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an approximatelysemi-cylindrt cal washing-machine body consisting of segmental sides 2and a curved sheet-metal bottom 3, secured to the curved edges of thesegmental sides, and the curved sides are connected by intermediatecross-bars 4 and end cross-bars 5. The washing-machine body is journaledat 6 between vertical standards 6 and is adapted to oscillate, and it isprovided at its top with a removable cover 7 and stationary end sections8. The vertical standards 6 are provided at their lower ends with feet 9and are connected by round bars 10, and one of the standards is providedwith an opening, in which is arranged a pin 11, adapted to engage anopening 12 of the lower end of an operating-handle 13 to hold thewashing-machine body stationary.

The washing-machine body is provided with a false bottom 14, arranged ashort distance from and parallel with the curved sheet-metal bottom 3and forming awat-er-space between it and the sheet-metal bottom, and itis secured to curved ribs 15 and cross-pieces 15, and it consists of aseries of curved boards 16 and slats 17, arranged between the curvedboards and provided with perforations 18 to permit the passage of waterto the space 19 beneath the false bottom. The end boards are providedwith enlarged circular openings 20, and when the washing-machine body isoscillated water runs down the space and is forced through the openingsand perforations into clothes and at the same time Water from the highend of the machine passes through the openings and perforations andfalls upon the clothes. By this arrangement water and suds arethoroughly forced through the clothes and the machine is renderedcapable of entirely removing dirt and stains. Further, to assist in theoperation of washing, the end sections 8 of the top of the machine areprovided with pounders 21, consisting of inner and outer sheet-metalcones, which are secured to bars 22, secured to the lower faces of theend'sections 8 and having their lower faces rounded. When the machine isoscillated by the operating-handle 13, water and suds are forced throughthe clothes, as before described, and the clothes, falling from one endof the body to the other, are brought into contact with the pounders 21,and the water and suds are by these means thoroughly agitated and forcedthrough the clothes.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood.

A wringer-board 23 is arranged at one side of the opening inthe top ofthe body and is braced by brackets 24, secured to the adjacent topsection 8 and to the wringer-board. The cover 7 may be reversed andarranged on the said top section 8, with one edge resting-upon thewringer-board to form anincline to facilitate the feeding of clothes toa wringer.

Handles 25 are provided to enable the washing-machine to be readilymoved, and they extend laterally from the standards 6.

What I claim is- In a Washing-machine, the combination of suitablestandards, an oscillating body j0urualed between the standards, and thepoundcrs arranged at the end of the body and se 5 cured to the topthereof and consisting of the sheet-metal cones, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALONZO ABRAM UASLER.

Witnesses:

JOI-IN TINBY, \V. M. BABCOCK.

